Unknown Artist, The - Experiment 1

An interesting release from Cristian Varela, whose work I am otherwise not that fond of. The first track, Split Second (Flesh Rmx 1), is a super old school sounding tune, with a trancey melody that could have been jacked from an ancient Eye-Q record, uplifting, a little on the dated and cheesy side. The sample about getting cardiac arrests, naked flesh, petrifying looks and making choices is about as corny as they come. In fact, I think it's placed there to sound like a mockery, despite the fact it doesn't. Overall, this one sounds like it was made ten years prior to the actual release date.
Experiment 2b is Varela's greatest contribution to techno. Ever! It's such an intense techno stomper, with ever evolving and altering layers of simultaneously present melodies. It just keeps on coming at you, with a break at 03:20, after which the melody comes back, but played in a different key! Awesome, totally mind blowing and DJ friendy track here. A very underrated monster that needs to be heard all over. Techno tracks don't come around this strong that often...
The last track is a break beat version of the first track, so it sounds like a cheesy old school rave track, you know, the stuff that was state of the art in 1991 and burried by the industry in 1992. The melody from the first track is more versatile though, as there are more frequently applied key changes. Overall, just as Flesh Rmx 1, it sounds daring, but utterly misplaced in time and space.
The 12" is worth getting only for the B1 track, I cannot stress enough how good and furious it really is.